King James Version (KJV)
2 Corinthians 11:7
“Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?”
Verse in context — 2 Corinthians 11
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For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
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But though [I be] rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
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Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
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I robbed other churches, taking wages [of them], to do you service.
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And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all [things] I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself].
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Paul’s defense of his ministry and encouragement in hardship.
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